Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia

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Cardiovascular disease is Australia's biggest killer. This report focuses on its impact on the health of Australian women - a group who may not be aware of how significant a threat this disease is to them. The report presents the latest data on prevalence, deaths, disability, hospitalisations, services, treatments, risk factors and expenditure, as well as comparisons to other important diseases among women. This report is a useful resource for policy makers, researchers, health professionals and anyone interested in cardiovascular disease in Australian women.

ISSN: 1323-9236

ISBN: 978-1-74249-015-1

Cat. no: CVD 49

Pages: 251

Findings from this report:

CVD health care expenditure among women in 2004–05 was $2,682.8 million, second only to expenditure on oral health

Of the two million women with CVD—about 226,000 have CHD, 168,000 have had stroke and 176,000 have heart failure

CHD and stroke were the two leading causes of years of life lost to premature death among women in 2003

More than 90% of women have at least one modifiable risk factor for CVD, and half of all women have two or three